Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of the "super outbreak" of tornadoes that tore through parts of the Tri-State. Xenia, Ohio was hit especially hard when an F-5 tornado touched down and destroyed half of the town.

ASTOUNDING. NEARLY 150 TORNADOES... TORE ACROSS 13 STATES... 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... RIPPING APART... PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE. PERHAPS THE HARDEST HIT... WAS XENIA, OHIO... WHEN AN F-5 TORNADO... RIPPED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE TOWN. WHEN IT WAS OVER ... HOMES WERE DESTROYED... CARS WERE CARRIED AWAY... AND FAMILIES WERE TORN APART. APRIL 3RD - 1974 ... THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THAT DAY BRINGS BACK A TOUGH MEMORY FOR MANY IN XENIA... WHERE 33 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY ONE MONSTER OF A TORNADO. IT WAS AN F-5... WITH 300 MILES AN HOUR WINDS THAT HIT THE TOWN AROUND 4-30 IN THE AFTERNOON. 16-HUNDRED OTHERS- WERE INJURED IN THE TORNADO AND LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED YOU COULD SEE THE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LEVELED HALF THE TOWN. 22 HUNDRED HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED. POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR THE INJURED AND BODIES UNDER THE RUBBLE. XENIA WAS PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED THE SUPER OUTBREAK OF 1974. NEARLY 315 TORNADOES STRETCHED ACROSS MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES... 20 IN INDIANA... 26 IN KENTUCKY... IN THE END... 330 PEOPLE WERE KILLED... MORE THAN 5-THOUSAND INJURED. 40 YEARS LATER.. THE DAY REMAINS FRESH IN THE MINDS OF THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH IT. THE TORNADOES... ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE IN SAYLOR PARK... AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF ANOTHER F-5 TORNADO ... ON THAT DAY 40 YEARS AGO. IT WAS AT ITS PEAK INTENSITY... WHEN THE CAMERAMAN BEGAN SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF C-V-G... YOU CAN SEE AS IT CROSSED THE OHIO RIVER... AND HIT SAYLOR PARK. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. WL-WT VIEWERS... ARE SHARING THEIR STORIES OF THAT FATEFUL DAY.... ON WL-WT-DOT-COM. JAN BARNHORST.... SHARED THESE PHOTOS OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD IN MACK... SAYING QUOTE, "WHEN IT WAS OVER, WE WALKED UP THE BASEMENT STEPS AND OPENED THE DOOR TO SEE THE SKY... OUR ROOF WAS GONE." TERI KRESS, WAS 10 AND LIVING IN SHARONVILLE... SHE SAYS "OUR HOUSE WAS DESTROYED. MY DAD WORKED THIRD SHIFT AND WAS UPSTAIRS SLEEPING. HE RODE IT OUT.... UNDER THE BED. LOG ON NOW... TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES ... AND PHOTOS. (AD LIB TOSS TO KEVIN) Another round of soaking rains is expected overnight. This evening will be gloomy, but dry

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